Let’s ring out the old year with a roundup of recent links—plenty of good reading for the holiday weekend. Best wishes to all our readers for a safe New Year’s Eve and a Happy New Year. See you in 2011!
Garen Ewing answers questions from the world at large about his Tintinesque series The Rainbow Orchid at his blog.
Starting in January, Boom! Studios is bringing back classic Disney comics in its line of comics featuring the standard Disney characters: Mickey Mouse, Uncle Scrooge, and Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories.
It’s the last list of 2010, and it seems the year will go out with a whisper instead of a bang. It’s a small list, but it’s also the fifth Wednesday in the month, which has traditionally been small. Ape Entertainment continues their licensed titles from Dreamworks, and the little kids have plenty to read from DC and Marvel with Tiny Titans and Super Hero Squad. Check out the picks for some choice books to ring in the new year.
The List:
APE ENTERTAINMENT
Penguins Of Madagascar #2 (Of 4), $3.95
Shrek #2 (Of 4), $3.95
Chino wants to fall in love. Of course she’d also like a normal family with a father who wasn’t always running off to explore the wild corners of the world, but she’d be more than happy with a boyfriend. So far, though, she’s had no luck getting one. But when her father returns from his latest excursion, he brings back Hyo, a boy raised in the wild jungles of a lost island. Hyo’s wild manners are embarrassing, but Chino can’t help but notice how cute he is. Is Hyo boyfriend material or will Chino be loveless once more?
It’s the second to last list of the year, and there’s still plenty of variety. Whether a kid’s interest in is TV, Movies, or Video Games, there a comic to fit almost any taste. Bongo Comics and DC Comics make turning the TV off easier with Simpsons and Cartoon Network based books. Boom! Studios has the movies covered with a new Toy Story issue, and Archie Comics and DC Comics satisfy the need for video game stories with Sonic the Hedgehog and Ratchet and Clank. But if you want your kid completely unplugged, there are still plenty of non-licensed titles… Read More
Whatever holiday you’re celebrating this month, here’s a couple treats from the world of kids comics that will bring you a little bit of joy.
Jeff Smith has announced that there will be a full-color one volume of the entire Bone series coming in 2011. If you were at San Diego Comic-Con back when he released the b&w one volume edition, the line-ups were pure madness. This is a special treat for Bone fans, young and old.
Free Comic Book Day may be months away but announcements have been made for the Silver-level books… Read More
Emily and her brother Navin have moved into their Great-Grandfather Silas’ house after their father dies. They and their mother are looking for a new start, but they don’t expect it to come in the way that it does. Their mother is kidnapped by a tentacled beast and dragged into another world. When Emily and Navin follow her, they discover a destiny that links them to their ancestors. Together they will meet strange new friends, face deadly enemies, and brave the darkest secrets of their own hearts.
Need a last minute stocking stuffer or a (very) belated Chanukkah gift? Then this is the perfect gift for the kid who wants to draw their own comic books. Sturm and his crew expand on their very successful Adventures in Cartooning, by offering an activity book. Read More
‘Tis the season to … relax and read a graphic novel? We all need a bit of time off from the holiday hustle, so here’s what we are reading in our spare time. Grab a glass of eggnog and read along—and tell us what you have been reading lately in the comments section.
Robin Brenner: I’ve been doing a lot of running around (as I think has everyone) but I was able to sit down and get about half-way through the second volume of Linda Medley’s Castle Waiting. I was… Read More
The list is whittling down along with the days left in the year. Udon completes another of the Manga for Kids titles, as the final volume of Swans In Spaces comes out. Seven Seas releases the omnibus of the original manga series Avalon: Warlock Diaries, and there’s a new trade of Boom! Studios’ Disney’s Hero Squad. Hopefully this is just a holiday lull, and there will be more new titles coming with the new year, such as this week’s new title, Mouse Guard: Black Axe.
This List:
ARCHAIA ENTERTAINMENT Mouse Guard Black Axe #1 (Of 6), $3.50^^AA
Pirates may be out this year but that hasn’t stopped The Unsinkable Walker Bean from being a successful high adventure story for young readers in the tradition of series like Tintin. Walker Bean has been given a serious task from his dying grandfather: return a cursed skull that caused his illness to its rightful owners—a pair of merwitches that live deep in the ocean. Various groups try their best to steal the skull away including Walker’s own greedy father, a band of pirates and a mysterious doctor who doesn’t appear to be what he seems. As a stowaway on the… Read More
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